A Huanghuali round-cornered tapering cabinet Yuanjiaogui
late Qing dynasty

with a rounded protruding rectangular top supported on slightly splayed, rounded corner posts, the side panels and pair of pin-hinged doors with rounded moulded frames and fitted with rectangular lockplates and pulls, opening to reveal an interior with two shelves and a pair of drawers carved with scroll motifs, all supported on short feet with scroll terminals joined by a beaded shaped apron and stretchers
138 cm high, 102 cm wide, 49 cm deep

• Lot Sold $90,000 (Hammer Price)
• $109,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Purchased Hong Kong, 1992

Literature

Compare with a cabinet of similar form, dated to 17th/18th century sold Sotheby's, New York, 19th March 2014, lot 390

Condition Report

Slight wear to the scroll feet. Some scratches on surface below the bottom left hinge. Some surface scratches to the right of the right metal door plate. On the interior a crack along the central panel join approx 14cm long. The left door with a repaired area to the upper right corner along the right edge of the door approx 9cm by 1.5cm. A small rough area to the surface on the apron at the centre front approx 3cm by 0.5cm. The left door panel with a darker curved stain to the left of the central metal plates and a vertical infilled crack near the left edge approx 23cm. Some darker surface marks to the right side and to the back. Otherwise generally good condition